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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1039 PM CDT THU APR 17 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
NORTHEASTERN RINGGOLD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
WESTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA...
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT.
* AT 1038 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AFTON, OR 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRESTON, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARISPE, THAYER, SHANNON CITY, AFTON, MURRAY, MURRAY ROADSIDE REST
AREA, AND LORIMOR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL IOWA.
LAT...LON 4115 9434 4116 9383 4090 9382 4090 9401
4089 9401 4088 9432
TIME...MOT...LOC 0338Z 267DEG 27KT 4099 9418
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
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